Issue 43, 2005
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Chemical Communications

π-Face donor properties of N-heterocyclic carbenes†

Marcus Süßnera  and  Herbert Plenio*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Anorganische Chemie im Zintl-Institut des FB Chemie, TU Darmstadt, Petersenstr. 18, Darmstadt, Germany
E-mail: Plenio@tu-darmstadt.de

Abstract

The donor properties of aryl substituted N-heterocyclic carbenes are characterized by lone pair donation from the carbene carbon and, as is shown here, by donation of electron density of the aromatic π-face of the NHC aryl groups towards the metal.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B512008J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Aug 2005
Accepted
09 Sep 2005
First published
30 Sep 2005

Chem. Commun., 2005, 5417-5419

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π-Face donor properties of N-heterocyclic carbenes

M. Süßner and H. Plenio, Chem. Commun., 2005, 5417 DOI: 10.1039/B512008J

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